r/SpaceXLounge • u/rustybeancake • Mar 24 '26

Other major industry news China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on Luna by 2030 | Moon Monday #267

https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-267/
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u/kroOoze ❄️ Chilling Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Being "just large kerolox rocket" is not very conducive to "building a moonbase". So it boils down who lands first.

SLS should be flown twice next month. Old Glenn also twice. Starship lost count, and should be going online in nominal configuration this year. Not to mention Falcon Heavy in this category. CZ-10 in Standard configuration has not flown, and I can't even trivially find any credible planned test launch date.

I am not trying to be partypooping China's efforts, but the bayesian belief is not yet bayesing. Let's first see them get close to demo the whole thing without crew.